document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=246965>Question 246965</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am looking for the answer to these questions with 9th grade Algebra 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ABCD is a rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BC=4x-5,AD=2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find BC and AD.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ABCD is a square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AB=8x-6 and BC=5x+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the length of each side of the square. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Presuming your rectangle ABCD is named in standard fashion, BC and AD are opposite sides and are therefore equal in measure by definition of a rectangle. (And it has to be true that BC = AD otherwise you don't have enough information to solve the problem)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4x\ -\ 5\ =\ 2x\ +\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">, then substitute back into either expression and calculate either BC or AD.  The other one is then the same amount.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The one about the square is the same thing except you don't care how the figure is named because all 4 sides are equal anyway.  Just set the two expressions equal to one another and then solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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